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Can farmers reduce pollution by sending cows to the loo? The answer might very well be yes. In a unique experiment, scientists
by using a bathroom stall that gathers urine . In the future, collected cow urine, which could otherwise pollute the environment, might be used to make fertilizer. Researchers successfully trained 11 calves, such as this one, to urinate in a bathroom stall. Once the cow relieved itself, a window in the stall opened, dispensing a molasses mixture as a treat. Toilet training cows on a large scale and collecting their urine to make fertilizer could cut down on agricultural pollution, the team says.The intense heat and pressure of the first atomic bomb test, in 1945, left behind a glassy substance known as trinitite — and something even stranger.
. Quasicrystals have an orderly structure like a normal crystal, but that structure doesn’t repeat. Previously, these crystals had been found only in meteorites or made in the lab. Red trinitite was formed from melted sand, copper wires and other debris in the aftermath of the Trinity nuclear test.A foul-smelling Southeast Asian plant named
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